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Hannah Margaret Penn (née Callowhill; 11 February 1671 – 20 December 1726) was an Anglo-American governor. The second wife of Pennsylvania founder William Penn, she effectively administered the Province of Pennsylvania for six years after her husband suffered a series of strokes, and then for another eight years after her husband's death.
Gulielma Maria Posthuma Penn (née Springett; February 1644 – 23 February 1694) was the first wife of William Penn, the notable Quaker writer, religious thinker and founder of Pennsylvania. Early life
After Penn became ill in 1712, his second wife Hannah Callowhill Penn served as acting proprietor. After William's death in 1718, interest in the proprietorship passed to his three sons by Hannah: John Penn "the American", Thomas Penn, and Richard Penn, Sr., with John inheriting the largest share and becoming the chief proprietor. When John ...
William Penn (24 October [O.S. 14 October] 1644 – 10 August [O.S. 30 July] 1718) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era.
The Canterbury, or Canterbury Merchant, is the ship that transported Quaker Leader William Penn and his pregnant wife Hannah Callowhill. Also, Penn’s twenty-one-year-old daughter, Letitia from a previous marriage. This was Penn’s second visit to his Pennsylvania Colony. Penn’s secretary, James Logan was also accompanying them on the ...
B.J. Penn (born 1978), American mixed martial arts fighter; Claire Penn (1951–2018), South African speech and language pathologist; Dan Penn, American musician; Eric Penn (1878–1915), English cricketer; Hannah Callowhill Penn, wife of William Penn; Harry Penn, civil rights activist and African-American dentist; Irving Penn, an American ...
Guilielma Maria Penn, wife of William Penn, died in Hoddesdon in 1694, and tradition has it that she was staying then at Rawdon House. [5] History.
After William Penn's death in July 1718, his second wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn, had to deal with a challenge to her husband's will. The will had provided William Jr. with the estate of Shanagarry, County Cork , Ireland, which had descended from his grandfather, Admiral William Penn , and certain other property, including all but 40,000 acres ...